Tie-plate.



J. J. BYERS.

TIE PLATE.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 3, 1912.

1,069,386, I Patented Aug. 5, 1913.

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TIE-PLATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 3,

Patented Aug.

arena. 1912. Serial No. 669,202.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB J. BYERS, a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and'useful Improvementin Tie-Plates, of which the'following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which Figure l is a diagrammatic plan view proved plates and anchors in a railroad track; Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing my iinproved plate and anchor in place; Fi 8 is a top plan view of the preferred fhrm ottieplate; and Fig. 4 is a'perspective view-showing a single form of plate which I may employ.

My invention relates to the use of rail. anchors or anticreeping devices in railroad tracks, and is designed to do away with the necessity for tieengaging projections on such anchors or anticreeping devices.

To that end, the invention consists in ar-- ranging a tie-plate so that it will act as an abutment for the rail anchor, or at least, the stationary member thereof, where the anchor has more than one member.

The invention also consists in providing a double tie-plate which will avoid the necessity for two anchors oppositeithe joint of a track, in order to hold the ties in proper position.

In the drawings, referring to Fig. 1, a represents a joint or joints of one line of rails, being alternate or staggered relative to those of the other line of rails. It has been customary to place the two anchors or anticreeper devices intermediate the length of one rail at a point opposite the joint a, as indicated at Z), Z) iniFig. 1. It'has also been customary to place the rail anchor at the quarter length of the rail, as indicated at 0 in Fig. 1. These anchors have been provided with tie-engaging projections which engage the body of the tie.

In carrying out my invention, I am able to keep the two ties in line opposite a rail joint by employing a double tie plate marked 2,'one end of which is provided with a depending rib or abutment. 3, against which the rail anchor, such as shown at abuts. This tie plate bridges two ties, and

is provided with spike holes 5, which may be arranged in any desirable manner, al-,,,

though I preferably arrange them in pairs in each portion of the tie plate, as ,shown.

This tie-plate may be provided with rail abutments, indicated at 6, if desired, to engage the side edges of the base flange of the rail; and if desired, I may employ a transverse depending abutment '7, to engage the other of the two ties, although this may or may not be used, as desired, and is not necessary. The intermediate portion 2 of this tie-plate is preferably reduced in cross a section, as indicated. in Fig. 3, ,by cutting inwardly at the sides, or this may be made lighter by thinning this connecting portion andd employing strengthening ribs, if desire 1 In Fig. 4, I show a single form 8 of the. tie-plate having the same end abutment or rib 9, toserve as an abutment fon the an-' away with the need of projections in the rail anchor to engage the tie; also from the use of the double plate which bridges two ties, acts as an abutment for the'rail anchor and requires only one rail anchor to hold the two ties in position. Diflerent types of rail anchors or anticreeping devices may be employed, and the form and size of the tie plate may be variedwidely without departing from my invention, since I consider myself the first to arrange a tie-plate so that it will act as the abutment for the rail anchor. T

Iclaim: Y 1. A railroad track having a tie plate positioned under the intermediate portion of a rail opposite the joint of the other line of rails, said plate bridging two ties, a. rail,

anchor abutting against one end of said tie. plate, and an intermediate tie plate and anc or cooperating therewith at an interme f diate part of the rail not opposite a joint;

substantially as described. I

2.,A; railroad track having a tie' plate 2 ipeaaee ends-of the longer and shorter tic plates; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

positioned under the intermediate portion of a rail opposite the joint of the other line of rails, said plate bridging two ties, a rail anchor abutting against one end of said tie plate, and an intermediate tie plate and JACGB J. BYERS. anchor cooperating therewith at an internie- Witnesses: diate part of the rail not opposite a joint, i C. P. Bylmns,

H. M. Conwm.

the two rail anchors being located at similar I (ionic! of this gatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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